Every year, teddies bear-ing the likenesses of Broadway characters are auctioned off to the highest bidder to raise funds for the charity. Often, the bears are signed by the actors who originated the roles. Here is another batch of Broadway Bears, with more to follow leading up to the auction on Feb. 17.
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Below: Jack Jefferson from The Great White Hope, signed by Jane Alexander and James Earl Jones; Liliane La Fleur from Nine, signed by Chita Rivera; and Celie from The Color Purple, signed by Fantasia Barrino.
